Iron County register., 1887-02-03
MURDER CONFESSED.

! Hohle, Nutilatcd ::!, Victim and shipped
| His Remains to Baltimore in a Trunk.
| Makes Full Confession of the Horrible
| Crime.
New YORK Jan. 20.-Edward Unger,
| who is charged with the murder of Au-
| gust Bohle, No % Ridge street, and after
| ward shipping the mangled remains in a
| trunk to Baltimore. made a full confes-
! sion of the horrible tragedy last night to
Inspector Byrnes. After returning from
| the Tombs police court yesterday after
| noon Unger appeared very nervous. ana
! ! when near the Central office he turned to
Inspector Byrnes and said:
.'You are trying to hang me, amt you"
| You know whether you have com nit
ted any crime or not" the Inspector re-
piled.
On reaching headquarters, the prisoner
was taken to his cell and locked up. At
six O. clock last evening, Unger was taken
out of his cell and shown the trunk in
which the remains of his victim had been
packed. The accused man shuddered at
the sight of the trunk and turned away.
The saw, hammer, and knife were then
shown him. The sight of the weapons
with which the crime had been committed
was too muc ch for the wretched assassin,
who almost fell to the floor with fear The
prisoner was then led back to his cell
again, but before being locked up Inspect
or Byrnes told him that when he was
ready to tell the truth to let him know.
At nine o'clock Unger called the turn
key and requested an interview with the
inspector. The prisoner was brought
from his cell and taken to the inspectors
private Office where he said he was ready
to tell the whole truth. Unger then, in the
presence of Inspector Byrnes and several
witnesses, made the following statement
of his crime:
81 live at No. % Ridge street have
known August Bohle since November,
1886 l first met him in my lager beer
saloon in Eldridge street, where he called
upon me about an advertisement had put
in paper for a partner. But we could
not agr ee about the price, and l sold the
place out, and soon after Bohle came tc
live with me in Ridge street. The agree
ment was that he should pay half the rent
and third of the household expenses.
After supper on the night of Thursday,
January 90, Bohle and myself were alone
talking about different matters until
about half-past nine O'Clock. He
was sitting on the sofa, and
1 was in the act of polzing the fire. He
was very profane and called me some very
hard names. l told him to stop, and put
my hand up to turn his head away. He
struck me. Isprang at him and attempt
then grappled, and he picked up knife
and attempted to stab me. ran into the
bedroom and picked up a hammer from off
the chest. He made another attempt at
me with the knife and received slight
cut on the hand. l then struck him with
the hammer and he staggered. 1 struck
him again, and the head of the hammer
entered deep into his skull up to the
handle, and he fell dead on the sofa.
This tor p.cln.l< I
my son home, and in order to conceal the
remains of the dead man, took the body
from the sofa and laid it OH the floor. j
then took the cot upon which Bohle used
to sleep and placed it over the body and
covered it up with the bed clothes. When
my son came home told him that Bohle
had gone out Shortly afterwards went
to bed in the same room with the dead
man.
''On the following morning after my
son had gone to work. | went to Grand
street, bought a saw for ninety cents and
two yards of ruboer. Before returning to
the house, / took several drinks of
whisky. On reaching home, / spread the
bber on the floor and put the body on
top of it. then started to cut the body
up with a saw. 1 first severed the head
from the body, wrapped it in paper and
laid it aside. l then cut both legs off and
too long to put in the trunk, l cut both
feet off and placed them in the trunk. ]
then placed the body on top of the legs and
the arms on top of the body. l wiped up the
blood with some clothing of the deceased
and some paper, put them in the trunk
and tied the trunk up. | then left the
house and went to the Grand street ferry,
carrying the head with me. l boarded
Williamsburg boat, and when in Md
stream threw the head in the river. ]
then went to the residence of Henry
but on finding that he was not well, told
his wife that Bohle had gone to Chicago
l returned home, and on the following day
| shipped the trunk to Henry Bense, No.
395 Kent avenve, Brooklyn. On the same
day transferred the trunk by Westcott's
express to this city, having pasted the fol.
lowing address upon it:
JOHN A. WILSON, Baltimore, Md.
To be called for.
The trunk was brought to this city and
transported by Adams Express to Balti-
more.
II did not mean to kill Bohle. He was
very quarrelsome man, and / believed my
life to be in danger when he struck me. /
took the method did of disposing of the
body because wanted to save myself and
family from disgrace"
Unger identified thetrunk and the bloody
clothing brought from Baltimore The
,oroner's inquest in the matter will be
leld Tuesday.